Christ Preaching and Healing (Fragment from the Hundred Guilder Print)

c. 1649

Rembrandt van Rijn and William Baillie

Associated Names
Rembrandt van Rijn

Artist, Dutch, 1606 - 1669

William Baillie

Artist, Irish, 1723 - 1792

This is a drawing of a figure standing amid a crowd of people. The scene shows a tall figure at the center of a gathering. The figure stands in an elevated position, with one hand raised and the other open. Around this central figure are a number of individuals with varied postures and expressions. A luminous aura radiates from the central figure, contrasting with the shaded environment. The details in the clothing, facial expressions, and body language of the surrounding figures are depicted with intricate lines and shading.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with drypoint and engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Robison

  • Dimensions

    plate: 28 x 19.1 cm (11 x 7 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 28.8 x 20 cm (11 5/16 x 7 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.123.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    White/Boon 1969, no. 74, State reworked fragment

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Robison, Washington, D.C.; gift to NGA, 2006.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1969

  • White, Christopher and Karel G. Boon. Rembrandt's Etchings. 2 vols. Amsterdam: Van Gendt & Co., 1969.

1993

  • The New Hollstein Dutch & Flemish Etchings, Engravings and Woodcuts, 1450-1700. Rotterdam: Sound & Vision Interactive, 1993: no. 239, iv/iv fragment A, ii/ii.

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower verso in graphite: Baillie / after Rembrandt / Hundred Guilder Print

Wikidata ID

Q76355792

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